Cabinet attachment for milk-wagons.



No. 727,498. PATENTED MAX 5, 1903.

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Nrn STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

- WILLIAM A. F. UHLENHAUT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO UHLENHAUT BROS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CABINET ATTACHMENT FOR M ILK-WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,498, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed December 3,1902. Serial No. 183,785. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. F. UHL- ENHAUT, of the city of St. Louis, State of Mis souri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet Attachments for Milk-Wagons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved cabinet attachment for milk-wagons; and it consists in the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means whereby bottled milk may be conveniently handled and kept cool upon milk-Wagons.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my cabinet attachment removed from the milk-wagon. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the detachable drivers seat removed {and the doors opened. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 3 3 of Fig. I. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation taken on the line 4 40f Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the bottled trays in a modified form.

1 indicates a casing or frame rectangular in form and preferably made with top 2 and bottom 3, formed of wood, but with double metallic sides and back 4, filled with mineral wool 5 or other suitable non-heat-conducting material.

The cabinet is provided with two front doors 6 and 7, which are fitted with the usual hinges 8 and latches 9. Said latches have hooked heads 10, which enter the recess 11 and hook over lower edge of the same and retain the doors in a closed position. Then the doors are opened, said latches are of course elevated in the usual manner.

Detachably mounted in front of the cabinet when the doors are closed is a drivers seat 12, which is suspended by means of hangers 13, which are provided with hooks 14 at their upper ends. (See Fig. 1.) The hooks 14; en-

gage over the edge of a horizontal bar 15 on top of the cabinet. So the seat may be suspended in front of one or both of said doors and retain the same in a closed position, even should said latches 9 accidentally become inoperative.

The space within the cabinet is divided into rectangular subdivisions 16 by means 'ofa series of upright and horizontal bars 17,

and at the bottom of each subdivision are short horizontal tracks 18, L-shaped in crosssection. These tracks are adapted to support and guide the bottle-trays 19. Each of said trays is preferably rectangular and pro vided with opposite handholds 20, and upon the bottom of each are provided parallel metallic strips 21 to engage the corresponding tracks 18 in the cabinet. Said trays may be of such size as to accommodate two bottles abreast, as shown in Fig. 2, or they may be larger, so as to accommodate three or more bottles abreast, as shown in Fig. 5. In the latter case of course the subdivisions in the cabinet should also be increased in dimensions for accommodating the enlarged trays. The cabinet may of course be of any suitable size. One may be located in front of the milk-wagon and another at the rear thereof, if so desired. The trays should also be subdivided by means of slats 22, so as to form a separate receptacle foreach bottle and prevent same from being broken by forcible con tact with each other.

In operation the milk-bottles are placed in the trays, as shown and described, and in summer-time the same is kept cool by packing broken ice around each bottle after it has been placed in the trays. In the winter-time of course ice will not be required.

When it is desired to remove a bottle from a tray, the tray is drawn outwardly a sufficient distance, the bottle removed, and the tray replaced in its original position.

What I claim is- 1. The cabinet attachment for milk-wagons, comprisingarectangularcasing having hinged doors, and a drivers seat detachablysuspended to slide back and forth in front of said doors substantially as shown and described.

2. The cabinet attachment for milk-wagons, In testimony whereof I affix my signature comprising a rectangular casing, a series of in presence of two witnesses.

bottle-trays detachably mounted within said casing, hinged doors, and a drivers seat hav- WILLIAM UHLENHAUT' 5 ing suspension-hooks and detachably sus- Witnesses:

pended thereby to slide in front of said doors, ALFRED A. EIOKS,

and adapted to prevent the same from being M. G. IRION.

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